Mitchell

• Mitchel
• (surname): Matsell

From a Middle English vernacular form of the Old French given name Michel (“Michael”), or in some cases from a Middle English nickname muchel (“big”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪt͡ʃəl/

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• Rhymes: -ɪtʃəl

Mitchell (countable and uncountable, plural Mitchells)

1. (countable) A surname transferred from the given name.
   • 2024 March 11, Katie Hunt, “Scientists discover 100 potential new deep-sea species, including mystery creature”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Dr. Michela Mitchell, a taxonomist at the Queensland Museum Network, said in a statement released by Ocean Census it could be a type of deep-sea coral called octocoral.

2. (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world, named after persons with the surname:
   1. A town in Queensland, Australia.
   2. A local government area in Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne; in full, the Shire of Mitchell.
   3. A community in Ontario, Canada.
   4. A locale in the United States:
      1. A town in Georgia.
      2. An unincorporated census-designated place in Illinois.
      3. A city in Indiana.
      4. A city in Iowa.
      5. An unincorporated community in Kansas.
      6. A city in Nebraska.
      7. A city in Oregon.
      8. A city, the county seat of Davison County, South Dakota.
      9. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
      10. A town in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
   5. Ellipsis of Mitchell County.

• Translingual: markmitchelli

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mitchell is the 48^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 384,486 individuals. Mitchell is most common among White (61.0%) and Black/African American (32.5%) individuals.